• Source: Kuwait at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Kuwait competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 56 competitors, all men, took part in 26 events in 7 sports.




Athletics



Men's 100 metres

Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi
Heat — 11.28 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres

Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi
Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres

Khaled Hussain Mahmoud
Heat — 1:54.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres

Khaled Khalifa Al-Shammari
Heat — 3:57.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles

Abdultif Hashem
Heat — 53.31 (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw

Najem Najem
Qualification — 39.26 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's Hammer Throw

Khaled Murad Ghaloum
Qualification — 47.40 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's Shot Put

Mohammad Al-Zinkawi
Qualification — 17.15 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Men's Long Jump

Essa Hashem
Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)




Diving



Men's Platform

Abdullah Mayouf
Preliminary Round — 326.34 points (→ 23rd place, did not advance)




Fencing



Nine fencers represented Kuwait in 1980.

Men's foil
Khaled Al-Awadhi
Kifah Al-Mutawa
Ahmed Al-Ahmed
Men's team foil
Ahmed Al-Ahmed, Khaled Al-Awadhi, Ali Al-Khawajah, Kifah Al-Mutawa
Men's épée
Kazem Hasan
Mohamed Al-Thuwani
Osama Al-Khurafi
Men's team épée
Ebrahim Al-Cattan, Osama Al-Khurafi, Mohamed Al-Thuwani, Kazem Hasan, Kifah Al-Mutawa
Men's sabre
Ahmed Al-Ahmed
Ali Al-Khawajah
Mohamed Eyiad




Football



Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated Nigeria (3-1)
Drew with Colombia (1-1)
Drew with Czechoslovakia (0-0)
Quarter Finals
Lost to Soviet Union (1-2) → Eliminated
Team Roster
Ahmad al-Trabulsi
Mahboub Mubarak
Jamal al-Qabendi
Waleed al-Mubarak
Saed al-Houti
Fathi Marzouq
Abdulla al-Biloushi
Jasem Sultan
Mu'ayed al-Haddad
Hamad Bouhamad
Yousef al-Suwayed
Ahmad Askar
Humoud al-Shemmari
Sami al-Hashash
Faisal al-Daakhjl
Abdulnabi al-Khaldi




Handball



Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Lost to Romania (12-32)
Lost to Soviet Union (11-38)
Lost to Switzerland (14-32)
Lost to Yugoslavia (10-44)
Lost to Algeria (17-30)
Classification Match
11th/12th place: Lost to Cuba (23-32) → 12th place
Team Roster
Faraj Al-Mutairi
Khalid Shahzadah
Saleh Najem
Fawzi al-Shuwairbat
Jasem al-Deyab
Ismaeel Shahzadah
Jasem Al-Qassar
Majid Al-Khamis
Abdel Aziz Al-Anjri
Mond al-Qassar
Musa'ed Al-Randi
Khamis Bashir
Abdullah Al-Qena'i
Ahmad al-Emran




Judo






Swimming



Men's 100m Freestyle

Adham Hemdan
Heats — 53,00 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle

Adham Hemdan
Heats — 2.07,51 (→ did not advance)




References






External links


Official Olympic Reports

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